Editing Heroic

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[[Image:Heroic.jpg|The Heroic Icon.|thumb]]
[[File:TLJ Heroic Difficulty (ODST).png|The ''Halo 3: ODST'' stylisation.|100px|thumb]]
{{Quote|Your enemies are as numerous as they are ferocious; their attacks are devastating. Survival is not guaranteed.|Description from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]''.}}
{{Quote|Fight against formidable foes that will truly test your skill and wits; this is the way Halo is meant to be played.|Description from ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.}}

'''Heroic''' is the second hardest difficulty in the [[Halo Universe|Halo]] series [[campaign]] mode.

==Summary==
The symbol for the Heroic difficulty setting is represented with a shield that has the [[Marathon]] Logo encrusted into the center; over the shield are two [[UNSC]] Standard Issue [[Combat Knives]] crossed over each other.

Heroic pits you against the [[Covenant]], who are now slightly smarter, and their [[weapons]] inflict more damage per hit than their Normal-level counterparts. Even the weakest of infantry, the Grunts, take quite a few bullets until they go down. It is otherwise considered "Hard", in other games.

The following are a list of changes in the Heroic difficulty:
*[[Health]] meter is smaller. Hits do more damage.
*[[Shields]] are only 75% their "Normal" capacity.
*Increased Shields and/or armor for enemies.
*Many [[Minor Elite]]s are replaced by [[Major Elite]]s. [[Major Grunts]] are more frequent as well, along with other opponents.
*Enemies are smarter in tactical actions, thus harder to kill (ex. starting to hide behind barriers when their shields are down).
*[[Marine]]s have reduced effectiveness and are weaker; their tactical intelligence has also been reduced.
*[[Ultra Elite]]s and [[Ultra Grunt]]s appear ever so often and for the Elites, they normally dual wield. [[Zealots]] also begin to take the place of Ultras.
*Many more [[Jackal]] snipers are placed throughout levels, and in [[Halo 3|''Halo 3'']], some of them have [[Beam Rifle]]s instead of [[Carbines]].

All of these wrap up into a nice gameplay option for more experienced players, who find [[Normal]] less exciting, and [[Legendary]] too hard. This difficulty may be deemed the most realistic by some players; however, this is not to be stated as a fact, as each player has his/her own comfort zone, regarding difficulty.

In ''Halo 3'', Heroic was intended for those who have played the prior games, and multiplayer, resulting in an increased skill amount. This increase means that those who found Normal comfortable in ''Halo 2'', will find Heroic just right for ''Halo 3'', according to Frankie. [[Martin O'Donnell]] stated that, 'Normal is for beginners who are embarrassed to pick [[Easy]]. Heroic is what we intended.'

== Trivia ==
*Every difficulty shield icon has the [[Marathon]] symbol on it.
*Heroic difficulty is considered the "True Halo Universe" by most of the [[Bungie]] employees and creators, seeing that it mirrors reality of the Halo world in many ways.
*Unlike other difficulties, the combat is more realistic. The enemy AI is better on higher difficulties.
*Most of the time, [[Covenant|enemy]] ranks are usually higher.
*Heroic is a more popular difficulty level than others, because [[Easy]] and [[Normal]] are considered to be too easy, and [[Legendary]] is often considered too hard.
*In [[Halo: Combat Evolved|''Halo: Combat Evolved'']], [[Hunters]] can take up to two rockets each, and two [[Scorpion]] tank shells.
*[[Zealot]]s can take up to three [[plasma pistol]] overcharges before dying.
*In ''Halo 3: ODST'' the [[Close Quarters Combat Weapon System|Combat Knives]] on the difficulty shield icon are replaced by [[M7S Caseless Submachine Gun|silenced SMGs]].
*The French players of Halo often call it "crest mode"; in French, crest is translated as'' érétique '' and is a similar adjective to Heroic.

== Related Links ==
*[[Campaign Complete: Heroic]]


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